Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5607
(formerly typ/3666)

	Κάλλιστόν ἐστὶν καὶ τερπνότατον πάνυ
	τὸ θεῖον ὄντος καὶ σεβάσμιον λέγω
	εὐαγγέλιον τούτῳ τοῦ εὐωδίου
	ὡς καὶ πάντες οἱ τοῦτῳ κατατρυφόντες
	τῆς γνώσεως μέτοχοι τῆς ἐπιστήμης
	ὁμολογήσουν πάντως χωρίς φθόνου·
	ἢ μὴ πλανώμαι ἀμυδρῶς ἐντυχόντα
	κατασκοπεῖν γάρ ἔχων συντεθημένων (?)
	καὶ τάξιν ἀρμόζοντος ἀκριβεστάτην,
	τῶν ἑορτῶν τὲ πάντων εὐαγγελίων
	σὺν τοῦτοις καὶ τῶν ἁγίων, ὅνπερ βούλῃ,
	τῶν καθημέραν πάντων καὶ ἐπιστημῶν
	ὁπόταν γὰρ τούτων εὐρήσειν θέλης·
	εὐαγγέλιον, ἑορτῆς ἢ ἀγίου,
	τοῖς κεφαλαίοις ζήτησον κατὰ πρώτον
	τοῖς συντεθήσειν ἐν τῷ συναξαρίῳ
	εὐαγγελιστοῦ φημὶ οἵου καὶ θέλῃς·
	καὶ ἀνωδύνως τύχεις τοῦ ποθουμένου.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Gospel Synaxarion
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined H. Hunger, C. Hannick, W. Lackner, 1992, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Theologici 201-337 (vol. 3.3), Vienna: 406 P. Lambeck (auth.); A. Kollar (ed.), 1776, Petri Lambecii Hamburgensis Commentariorum de Augustissima Bibliotheca Caesarea Vindobonensi (vol. 3), Vienna: 151 DBBE (last accessed: 2026-04-10).
Number of verses	18
Occurrence(s)	[22868] κάλλιστόν ἐστὶν καὶ τερπνότατ(ον) πάνυ [13th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 313 [13th c.] (f. 1v) (18 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 392: "In synaxarium (vel evangelium Evodii)"
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Last modified: 2020-08-10.